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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 228, 25 September 1919, Page 4

The Weather Bureau forecast for : li hours from 9 a.m. this day is as follows:

"Indications are ior westerly winds, moderate to strong, with a southerly tendency. Weather cloudy to overcast at times, with scattered showers. Barometer unsteady. Sea moderate. Tides good."

The small boy who was appointed to present Lady Jellicoe with a bouquet at Devonport yesterday was very nervous, but got through his task after Lady Jellicoe had said a few kindly words to him. Lord Jellicoe, who had been interested, when he got the chance went over and shook hands with the little chap. A transformation soon came over the scene, and as Lord and Lady Jellicoe left the dais no one waved his hat or cheered more vigorously than the boy who had been so nervous only a few seconds before. He felt as big a hero as the Admiral himself.

Only a short list was get down for hearing at the Police Court, before Mr. •J. E. Wilson, S.M., this morning. Alexander Camp-aell, aged 54, appeared on a charge of drunkenness, and as this was his third offence he was fined "20/ in default 43 hours' imprisonment. A sturdy looking man in a shaky condition, Marton Johansen (4:1), who appeared on a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond, of being found on the premises of H. Tucker, alt. Eden Road, and of being druak, was remanded for medical treatment. Joseph Henry Hooton' was prohibited for twelve months on the application of his wiie.

A big "bag" of motorists and horsedrivers was obtained yesterday afternoon by a constable stationed in Anzac Avenue to catch people driving up on the wrong side. Half the roadway is concreted, and traffic ot all kinds has been using the smooth . surface, both ways, with the result that several collisions have occurred. Motorists generally go down the road at high speed, and the pronounced bent below the supreme Court has become a danger spot. After this the rule of the road'will have to be strictly observed.

__ At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Grammar Schools yesterday afternoon, a letter wag received from Mr. A. M. Carter, of Remuera. offering to the Board a silver challenge cup for long-distance cycling, to commemorate the .memory of his son Norman, recently killed 'in action. Mr. Carter said: '-This will keep the boy's name green a little longer, and we. do what we know he would be delighted for us to do." It was .stated that the proffered cup was well worth the acceptance of the Board, and that suitable conditions of holding the cup were bein" arranged Tho Board decided to a«ept the offer with thanks, and to send a sympathetic letter to the donor.

At a meeting of the Women's International and Political League, held on Tuesday, the following resolution was carried unanimously: "That this meeting requests the Labour party to keep the question of the nationalisation of the medical and nursing professions well before the Government and public, especially m the coming electoral contestalso, that in the meantime the Health Department bo urged to make provision for the free admission to St. Helens Hospital of married women unable to pay the usual fees, and that all patients, whether paying or free, should have the option of being attended in their own homes, as at present, or entering the hospital." °

The Rotorua Chamber of Commerce has received a telegram from Sir James Allen stating that instructions have been given to the Crown Law Officer to prepare a bill enabling Crown tenants in the Rotorua. township to acquire the freehold of their holdings. It is expected that tho bill will shortly be ready for pre, sentation to the Cabinet.

The manifold uses to which tho oneton motor lorry had been put to in the matter of transport was added to yesterday, when there came along the road at the entrance to tne YVestfield fat stock sales, one of these vehicles laden with calves. It was a matter of curiosity to many farmers, who commented favourably on the enterprise. The calves were congregated in very neatly arranged wooden frames, and from their appearance, had travelled in comfort over the long journey, which started at Clevedon.

The concert party of HiM.s. New Zealand will give a concert in H.M.s. New Zealand Club Room on the wharf to-morrow evening. The concert will be the only one given by the New Zealand's party, and it will be open to the general public at the usual admission rate.

During the past week only three new cases of influenza have been notified to the Health Department in the Auckland district—two mild cases at Waihi, and one severe one at Ngaruawahia. One case of letbargica encephalitis has been reported from Rotokanui, in the Hamilton district.

Stamp collectors will be interested to learn that a special issue is being prepared for use in the Trans-Atlantic air post by the Newfoundland post office. These stamps are to bear the inscription. "First Trans-Atlantic Air Post- M_v .1919." - ... • ■ - *'.

The habit of treating a warning too! lightly sometimes le!ads to trouble. A man named James Davis discovered this at 'the Police Court this morning, when he had to appear on a charge of carrying ■■ out some alterations to his house without having first obtained a permit from the New Lynn Town Board. It was stated by Mr. Haddow, who appeared ' for the board, that defendant had been warned twice, and on the second occasion had raised a number of frivolous ■ objections. The 'ooard did not wish to prosecute, but obviously it was useless having by-laws if they were not complied with. Mr. W. Fallon, for defendant, said his client had his own ideas, apparently, about the matter, and seemed rather hurt that the town clerk, who lived next door to him had not stopped him from carrying out the work. His Worship (Mr. J." E. Wilson, S.M.) remarked that the by-laws must be kept and ordered defendant to pay 20/ and costs. I Apparently there is no place in Anckland for the elderly woman who is without means of support, nd hath nowhere to lay, her head. "A strange pesit'on is disclosed in this case," said SubInspector Wohlniann when formulating j a charge of being idle and disorderly and without sufficient means of support [ tgainst a woman, aged 52 : \ named Annie I Elizabeth Muhvav, at the Pol'ce Court, ! before Mr. J. E~. Wilson, P.M., this morning. Continuing, he said it was a strange thing that in this country there was no place in which to place a woman of this kind, who had committed no crime. The Salvation Army authorities were prepared to t a ke her in for a time, but as the home was now practically full of young girls it was not desirable that she should be associated with them. She had relatives 'both in Masterton and Auckland, and apparently they sent her backwards and forwards Ito get rid of her. On three occasions I she had been before the Court in other I places on a similar charge, aM the diffii culty had been solved by serf?»g her to I gaol for a month. This seemed rather 1 hard. His Worship agreed that gaol was I not the place for women of this kind. lOn Adjutant Gordon, of the Salvation. Army, agreeing to take her in for a fortnight with a view to finding her 1 employment, the case was remanded. | I Mr. Massey told a story at a dinner on I ! Saturday evening about his first coming j j into Parliament twenty-five years ago, ; I and how he got the newts of his elec- I ! tion. He was elected for a back-block j constituency at a by-election. The J i political centre of the district was forty . I miles from Auckland. On the night of I the poll the returns were not yet complete—he had a lead of a hundred, and I there were thirty returns to come in— and be set out the next day to ride with j a friend to Auckland, still in doubt as to the result. He reached Devonport, ;an his way to Auckland, and was by this 1 time very keen to learn the best or the j worst. On the ferry boat there was a I man reading the paper, and he asked I him what had been the result, of the [election. The man, who did not know I Mr. iLissev', replied, according to Mr. j Massey's way of telling it: "That fellow Massey is in." ''Only he didn't say j 'fellow,' " Mr. Massey explained. j The crater of Mount Xgaruhoe gave signs of returning activity on Friday week, and again last Friday, a cloud' of smoke and- being sent, ijp on each j occasion. At' the" finie the "sides of the: mountain were covered to the base with j snow, so that the result of the blast of j ash was distinctly: visible to residents of 1 Waimarino in a layer of black ash which ! had been carried by a southerly wind to ■. settle on the snow. It was also ob-' servable from a distance that the lip of I the crater on the southern side had eroded somewhat recently as a result of] internal activity.

A young woman, Louie Inglis, appeared at the Police Court at Dunedin yesterday on a charge of stealing two postal packets. Accused said she had her correspondence addressed to the Chief Post Office. A card addressed "Miss Inglis" was delivered to her, requesting her to call at the parcel office for a parcel. She signed the book and received two parcels, but on opening them found they were not for her. But she kept them for some time, and was ashamed to take them back. Accused pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence.

A little band of jack tars off H.M.s. • Jfew Zealand left a broad smile in its somewhat erratic wake up Queen Street • yesterday afternoon. They were typical rollicking sons of the West Country. Each man carried some sort of musical instrument, and each man wore a weird : hat—either exaggeratedly large or ridiculously small, some of them resembling inverted jam-pots with a rim. Those ' whose instruments did not require wind i as the motive power added their own gruff voices to the tune — which was rather difficult to follow). At one moment the melody bore an almost recognisable resemblance to the sky-scraping song that the heroine sings in "The;' Chocolate Soldier," but without warning I' it rumbled down into anything between j the sound of holy-staning decks and a rusty c/iain running out of a hawse-pipe. The amusing part of the procession was I; the utter lack of self-consciousness, and 11 the soulful expression of the nautical Carusos. Same years ago, the men-o'- ; war's man, in the days when ships still carried a fair spread of canvas, and used it to save coal, had a much more boisterous time ashore, and, oddly enough, their ideal outing nearly always had horses in it, in spite of the fact that the average sailor knows as much about that animal as he does about the plesiosaurus. One of his favourite jaunts was to hire a four-horse vehicle, ship a couple of scantlings to one side, with a wheel'harrow handing from pulleys on the ends. That was the days before the blue-rib-bon movement had made much headway , in the service, and whenever a tar fell out of the' vehicle, there was a stentorian shout to "stop the ship," the barrow was lowered away and trundled. ' back to pick up the derelict. Feilding Presoytery did not accept the procosal for union with the Methodist 1 ' and Consrregational Churches, the voting beinff: For union, 37 members and 23, adherents; against union, 57 members I and 34 adherents. j A message to Auckland gentlewomen and lady visitors.—An invitation is ' sriven to view the most fascinating exhibit of distinctive creations of ladies" I misses', and children's spring and sum-!' mer millinery. Our aim is character and simplicity, that appeals to the refined taste, and yet moderately priced to meet the needs of the hieh cost of living. The •' lion Marche, 142-144-146, Karanwahane I Road.—(Ad.) - F !. Special bedding week at Lambourne's house-furnishing sale; begins to-day. Kapok beds, full size, single size.—Three Lamps, Ponsonby.—(Ad.) ■ "Keep Smiling Pumice Soap, 4d; "Keep Smiling" Lino. Polish, Bdj "Keep ■ Smiling" Boot Polish, Bd.—Marriott and : Co., Parnell.—(Ad.) j Special bedstead and bedding week at I/ambourne's house-furnishing sale, Three ; Lamps, Ponsonby. Kapok pillows, 2/9 - kapok beds, single size—'(Ad.j'li

! As the result of complaint made by the Newmarket Borough Council concerning the inadequacy of the tram service to Onehunga, the City Council has suggested that the matter be alleviated by making the 5.3 p.m. car from Wellesley Street a minimum fare car. The consent of the majority of the local bodies concerned is necessary in makinc the rearrangement, and the Newmarket Council decided to agree to it conditionally on the minimum fare being 2d. A pleasing feature of the Westfield fat stock sales yesterday was the number of pigs yarded. Of late they have fallen away in numbers, and the result has been a shortage c f bacon. Yesterday's improved yarding should alleviate the position somewhat. Calves were also in good supply, the selling peas in some instances being insufficient to hold them.

A case was opened at the Magistrate' 3 '. Court this morning, before Mr. E. C iCntten, SAL, in which Cuthbert Allen. ' Wright (Mr. Durham) sought to recover ' £25 from George Henry Woods (Mr. : Sexton) for damages alleged to have 1 been caused to a dividing fence by tihe. ' removal of lateral support by defendant,' i Mr. Sexton explained that H3 defence ■ was that the excavation complained of - was not done hy defendant, hut ay two 1 men who had since been killed in 1 Prance. It was also claimed that the ex--1 cavation in-question was not the causa •of the damage complained of. Mr. Cut- ! ten decided to visit the property, and ■ adjourned the hearing for that purpose. Mr. Jennings (Taumarunui) ha 3 given notice to ask the Minister of ! Defence whether attention has been called to the disability that returned soldiers who were lav,- students and clerks prior to the war are placed under now pwin^ . to the restricted interpretation placed on the amended University Act, wnicf. granted to the New Zealand Senate vari- . ous powers conceding certain concessions J There are about one hundred and twenty students and law clerks affected by this . restriction. They went to the war. manybeing wounded. The interruption to" their studies caused by the war entitles them [ to consideration1. The memorial celebrations in connection with the war service of old hoys iof the Sacred Heart College will take (place on Sunday next. Over 220 old i boys left our snores on active service, I forty have made the supreme sacrifice, \ and many more have been wounded. "P-S j Old Boys' Association has, I erected a monument worthy to perpetuI ate the patriotism of its soldier members. At 11 a.m., solemn High Mass for the souls of the old boys fallen in the war will be celebrated at St. Patrklvft Cathedral. At Sacred Heart College ftfc 3 p.m., the ceremony of unveiling the. roll of honour of old boys on active service during the war will be performed by the Very Key. 'Dean Cahilh The necessity for increased aecommoT dation at Waitomo caves house was mentioned in the House by Mr. W. T. Jennings on Thursday. He pointed out thai this tourist resort showed the greaterf profit of all the tourist departments in the Dominion, and over 6000 visitors were hooked last season. It was necessary that immediate additions were made to this popular resort. Sir William Fraser has assured Mr; ' Jennings that full provision was' being • made in this year's Estimates for ptfbiij .! works jit ,the yafious ; counties -of-=tii3 ; Taumarunui electorate,''and r He'is"Js&-Uig ! authority for unexpended votes a"s"faa. jas they "come. The matter of expend* •ture rested with- the counties. In" eair- . nection With the Public Works DeparfI mental undertakings he had given i' instructions to put on as many me'tt as were offering. . _ . The body of an elderly man, about 60 years of age. was found in a whare on a station six miles from Waipawa. Death I had apparently taken place about 12 days ago, the body being in an advanced stage of decomposition. Tt is believed from papers found in the pockets that i deceased's name was David Spiers, with relatives in the Canterbury district. While riding a motor-cycle at Cambridge yesterday Mrs. McCarthy and her ! sister (Miss J. Young) met with a pajniful accident as the result of the front 1 fork of the machine snapping. _." Mrs. : McCarthy, who was riding behind, was hurled right over her sister, who occupied the driver's seat, receiving ugly cuts and bruises, which rendered her unconsciouß for several hours. Miss Young was also badly cut and bruised and much shaken. a" message to Auckland gentlewomen and lady visitors.—An invitation _« given to' view the most fascinating exhibit of distinctive creations of ladies*, misses', and children's spring and sun* mer millinery. Our aim is character and simplicity, that appeals to the refined ! taste, and yet moderately priced to meet the needs of the high cost of living.—The Bon Marche, 142-144a46, Karangahape Boad.—(Ad.) J Delicate children thrive on Doctor's Cream o' Groats! Product of finest j Southland oats—flesh, bone and muscle j forming! AH grocers! —(Ad.) A message to Auckland gentlewomen and lady visitors. —An invitation 13 'o-iven to view the most fascinating 1 exhibit of distinctive creations of ladies, misses', and children's spring and summer millinery. Our aim is character and simplicity, that appeals to the refined taste, and yet moderately priced to meethe needs of the high cost of living.—me Bon Marche, 142-144-146, Karangahape Road—(Ad.)